Un-title Worthy.

Uh-oh. Here I am again way behind on what used to be consistent blogging. My apologies...

Easter break, though it now seems like forever ago, was wonderful. When I spend long periods of time away from home and then have the chance to go for such a wonderful span of time, it's always incredibly refreshing. I got to spend time with my grandparents on both sides of the family and show them my Mexico pictures. On Easter Sunday, my Grandma Starman even shared childhood stories with me that were quite fascinating. :) I also had a date with my mom in the theater to see The Last Song. I would give it very high ratings - both my mom and me left the theater after having had tears literally rolling down our cheeks. Both of my brothers were around and about, but they actually had to work a lot, so I had the house to myself during the days.

I was also lucky enough to spend some time with some very close high school friends. One of them had told me she wouldn't be making it home for Easter and then walked into church on Sunday morning and surprised me. It was WONDERFUL! :) I went on a six mile walk with two of these girls Sunday afternoon....and I should have stuck to the walking on Monday morning. Jackie, my friend who is registered to run the half-marathon with me here in Yankton on the 24th came to my house for a good seven mile run in the country. I was so excited to get to run with her and excited that the big day is getting so close. Well, if I haven't already mentioned it, I did something scary to my foot and have been having severe arch pain for some time now (not to mention weird grinding sensations, a bit of swelling....) Anywho, I had taken a week off, so this run was my big come back. I took ibuprofen before we left and felt great during the jog. We went a good 7 miles before turning into massive (and cold) wind gusts. We started walking and decided to resume running at about mile 9 (a mile from my house). Well, that didn't last long. To add to my problems, I had a blister develop on my poor little toe that enveloped the entire toe. Mid stride, I FELT the thing pop. It was sooo incredibly gross...and painful. I screamed as a mix of both feelings and we ended up walking/limping the rest of the way home. And now, well, my foot still hurts and I have doctor's orders not to run the marathon. It is very depressing. I was so excited and felt so close to accomplishing this goal. And I'm getting depressed talking about it so moving on....

Senioritis is hitting full force. It was my weekend to work, so that alone took a huge chunk of homework time away. But, that's no excuse for the pile I have waiting for me tonight. I just emailed my sociology assignment before started this blog. That's pathetic in that up until now I have always had these things done by Wednesday at the latest. I still have to read for three of my other classes. And the biggest strain? I have to fill out a study guide for a genetics test this week. That's super scary in that I have not been paying the slighest attention in class, so I have not the slightest idea of what's going on. When I say fill out the study guide, I mean attempt to learn four chapters of material here before the big test.

OHHHH and to top of the homework craziness, CHOIR TOUR IS THIS WEEK. We will be gone singing at high school on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm excited that we're heading south towards my home territory to sing this year. We're spending Wednesday night in Norfolk, finishing the tour on Thursday, and returning for our home concert in Marion Auditorium on Friday at 7:30. It should be full of lovely sounds, so if you're not busy, make the trip down!! :)

I can't believe it is April 11th already. I still do not have definite plans for this summer. Time left and I'm running in cirlces trying to catch up, but I've fallen pretty far behind. I'll just blame it on my foot crisis and my inability to run lately (the weather has been glorious for bike rides though!!).

OK. On that way behinded-ness note, I need to end this thing and start reading. Have a great week! Check out Mount Marty's website for choir tour show times and see if you can come on down for some lovely sounds. :)